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(Currently under dramatic
and ongoing development!)
Mission Statement:
Due to the effects of local
development, global climate change and the subsequent loss of
habitat, the Nevis Historical & Conservation Society's Biodiversity
Committee seeks to identify and catalogue the existing species of
all flora and fauna on Nevis as an indispensable aid in the struggle
to conserve them.
About this site:
Established in October 2007, this is very much an ongoing project
and is being updated on an almost daily basis. Our priority is
to start with endemic and
endangered species of flora and fauna, however as the project
progresses, we hope to create a comprehensive list of all
terrestrial and marine life in and around Nevis
Community Involvement: This
site is maintained and updated regularly by
The
Biodiversity Team, a group of 6th Form students
from Charlestown Secondary School, Nevis, with the
guidance and supervision of the NHCS and a generous grant from both
The Canadian High Commission and
The
British High Commission on Barbados.
It is our hope that this project may become a model for
community involvement and sustainability for other small islands who
may embark on similar biodiversity programs.
Latest Project News:
The Joan Robinson Biodiversity Resource Centre
is officially opened at a ceremony held at the NHCS's Belle Vue
Facility!
British High Commission awards
$6,000 and the French Strabon Project gives a grant of $5,500
for Biodiversity training, while Canada (CIDA) Awards a $32,000
Grant for equipment for the Biodiversity Project.
Train-the-Trainers GPS/GIS workshop is held
for local students and educators at Fort Charles and in our new
Biodiversity Centre, March 28-29th 2009.
Endangered:
Nevisian Flora & Fauna that are currently most at risk
Urgent Threats:
"Lethal Yellow Disease" devastates Nevis palm trees
Nevis: Then &
Now: A photo gallery showing how things have
changed in the local environment in just the last few decades; we
also have USAF aerial photos from 1946.
Nevis in 1720:
Excerpts from The Rev William Smith's book, The Natural
History of Nevis detailing the plants and animals as he saw
them more than 288 years ago.
Source Materials:
Full
Copies of all reports & surveys used in this website
If readers have corrections,
new data or
particularly interesting photos of Nevis flora/fauna please forward
them onto us and we may post it on this site.
Special Thanks To:
Bruce Horwith & Kevel Lindsay of
The
Island Resource Foundation; David
Robinson, NEVKIT Foundation;
Scott C. Pedersen, South Dakota State University.
Jo-Anne Sewlal & Christopher Starr, UWI, Trinidad. Jim Johnson, Nevis. |
